Air Force using Sentinel money to retrofit Qatar jet

Air Force using Sentinel money to retrofit Qatar jet

The move won’t further delay the troubled ICBM program, SECAF says.

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Air Force Using Sentinel Money To Retrofit Qatar Jet - Data Intelligence

The Air Force is using money previously given to its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to convert a Qatari luxury jet into an Air Force One. “There were dollars that were removed from the Sentinel program that were access-to-need in [fiscal] 2024 and that’s what was used to fund the program. We will ensure that those resources are there,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers Thursday during a Senate appropriations defe…

Excess Nuclear Missile Funds Used for Trump's New Air Force One

The Air Force diverted what it says was excess funding from its delayed new nuclear missile program to modify a former Qatari royal jet for use as President Donald Trump’s Air Force One, the service’s top civilian said June 26. But Air Force Secretary Troy E. Meink insisted the move will “absolutely not” delay Sentinel’s progress, saying that money was “early-to-need” funding the high-priority missile modernization project didn’t use last year.…